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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossus hippoglossus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 64.00 NG
Sample size 19 Percent empty 32
Country USA Locality Georges Bank.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
84.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus 3.1% Gadus morhua, 6.9% Merluccius bilinearis, 60.6% Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus, 11.9% Macrozoarces americanus, 1.5% unidentified Osteichthyes.
0.50 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and misc.
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Crangon septemspinosa
15.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex illecebrosus 8.2% Illex illecebrosus, 7.2% Illex sp.
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